Abstract
It is necessary to determine if postoperative endophthalmitis is of infectious or sterile etiology. Intraocular contents should be cultured and were positive in 50% of 58 eyes tested at our institute with suspected postoperative endophthalmitis. The vitreous aspirate is more sensitive than the anterior chamber aspirate in making a diagnosis. The use of a membrane filter to concentrate vitreous samples obtained at vitrectomy increases diagnostic yield. Fifty percent of culture-positive eyes yielded gram-positive organisms. Stained smears were consistent with the cultured organism in half of the cases.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 320-326 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Ophthalmology |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1978 |
Keywords
- Endophthalmitis
- anterior chamber paracentesis
- bacterial endophthalmitis
- diagnostic vitrectomy
- infectious endophthalmitis
- membrane filter
- postoperative endophthalmitis
- sterile endophthalmitis
- vitrectomy
- vitreous aspirate
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology